Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe)
The flat, beach-lined eastern wing of Guadeloupe's butterfly; resort lagoons, sugar-cane plains, and the Pointe des Châteaux cliffs.
- Formation
- raised coral-limestone plateau on volcanic basement; white-sand beaches, cliffs at Pointe des Châteaux, Grands-Fonds mornes
- Population
- 197,603
- Water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe).
Direct flights to Pointe-à-Pitre airport on Grande-Terre; island ferries depart Bergevin/Pointe-à-Pitre.
- 01Pointe-à-Pitre International (PTP)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
L'Express des Îles and Val'Ferry from Pointe-à-Pitre/Bergevin to Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
French/Schengen entry rules apply.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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What the chart cannot hold
What becomes visible when you follow pointe des châteaux beyond the familiar map?
Limestone Grande-Terre contrasts with volcanic Basse-Terre across the Rivière Salée. It holds the airport, the Pointe-à-Pitre cruise port, and most resort beaches, with cane fields and windmills inland.
Kalinago (Island Carib) settlement; French colony from 1635; British occupations; slavery abolished 1848; overseas department since 1946.
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 16.32° N · 61.43° W
- Sovereignty
- France · overseas territory
- Nearest mainland
- No mainland proximity (oceanic); Antigua ~80 km north
- Best recorded window
- December-May (dry, trade-wind season).
- Permits / entry
- French/Schengen entry rules apply.
- Languages
- French, Guadeloupean Creole
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